Process, how do you deal with a lack of Motivation?

brandygang · 03-28-2015

This has been a long time coming, since I've been visiting this site on and off for about 3 years now. I always thought that by now, at this point in time I'd have long made an impact in this community with my efforts. Maybe not a huge one, or even one notable but, at the very least I wanted to get my ideas out there and contribute something of worth to artists, writers and fetishist. Regardless of how it was received, if at all, even having tried and done so would've been good enough for me.

But throughout the years I find myself continually suffering from ennui and dryspells. It never feels like a lack of inspiration or creativity so much as a lack of will to implement it. I'll get ahead of myself with hefty ideas and stories, carried away with projects I know I cannot finish, only to plop out if I can even begin. I'll say it's time to finally teach myself to draw properly every week or another, only to barely make any progress (That's been ongoing for roughly a decade now, it's tiring). It never ends up happening, atleast not without finding myself quitting generally as soon as I start. The fatigue drags on, and it never seems to wear down.

How do you deal with what seems like neverending droughts of motivation sucking at your muses?

qzar9999 · 03-28-2015

Personally, I've always found one of three things to assist when I'm feeling burned out.

1) Force yourself to sit down and work on it anyway. Throw on some good music (I do love Pandora), refuse to allow yourself any distractions, and just make yourself do something--anything--that advances your goal.

2) Work on something else. You'll still feel productive without feeling like you're hitting a wall, and maybe once you've got some of your side project completed you can return your focus to the main thing you wanna do.

3) Take a break. Give yourself a few days to a week where you just don't think about it at all. Marathon some movies, beat a video game, read a good book--do something that doesn't involve what you're trying to work on. You may come back to it feeling refreshed and ready.

Prof_Sai · 03-30-2015

The trick is to find something more important than what you actually want to do. Try to focus on doing that, and you will end up procrastinating it by doing the thing you wanted to do in the first place.

03-28-2015	#1
brandygang Be me! Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 119	Process, how do you deal with a lack of Motivation? This has been a long time coming, since I've been visiting this site on and off for about 3 years now. I always thought that by now, at this point in time I'd have long made an impact in this community with my efforts. Maybe not a huge one, or even one notable but, at the very least I wanted to get my ideas out there and contribute something of worth to artists, writers and fetishist. Regardless of how it was received, if at all, even having tried and done so would've been good enough for me. But throughout the years I find myself continually suffering from ennui and dryspells. It never feels like a lack of inspiration or creativity so much as a lack of will to implement it. I'll get ahead of myself with hefty ideas and stories, carried away with projects I know I cannot finish, only to plop out if I can even begin. I'll say it's time to finally teach myself to draw properly every week or another, only to barely make any progress (That's been ongoing for roughly a decade now, it's tiring). It never ends up happening, atleast not without finding myself quitting generally as soon as I start. The fatigue drags on, and it never seems to wear down. How do you deal with what seems like neverending droughts of motivation sucking at your muses? Last edited by brandygang; 03-28-2015 at 08:51 PM.

03-28-2015	#2
qzar9999 Purveyor of Porn Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gallifrey Posts: 7,064	Re: Process, how do you deal with a lack of Motivation? Personally, I've always found one of three things to assist when I'm feeling burned out. 1) Force yourself to sit down and work on it anyway. Throw on some good music (I do love Pandora), refuse to allow yourself any distractions, and just make yourself do something--anything--that advances your goal. 2) Work on something else. You'll still feel productive without feeling like you're hitting a wall, and maybe once you've got some of your side project completed you can return your focus to the main thing you wanna do. 3) Take a break. Give yourself a few days to a week where you just don't think about it at all. Marathon some movies, beat a video game, read a good book--do something that doesn't involve what you're trying to work on. You may come back to it feeling refreshed and ready. __________________ Tace atque abi. Plenus stercoris est. Editor/Writer, Shrink Fan and Transform Fan Check out Interweb Comics on Twitter or Instagram for all kinds of fun, sexy stuff covering multiple fetishes! Cezar's Comix - New 11/15! http://www.e-junkie.com/cezarscomix My eBooks at amzn.to/1CDS22w or bit.ly/1BZqaCp Quidquid Latine dictum altum videtur. My DeviantArt. Full list of my stories here. How I feel when certain users post anything.

03-30-2015	#3
Prof_Sai Instigator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Earth, mostly Posts: 5,870	Re: Process, how do you deal with a lack of Motivation? The trick is to find something more important than what you actually want to do. Try to focus on doing that, and you will end up procrastinating it by doing the thing you wanted to do in the first place.